Use of water stress integral to evaluate relationships between soil moisture, plant water stress and stand productivity in young Douglas-fir trees

New Forests

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 775-789

  Gonzalez Benecke, Carlos A ^a   Dinger, Eric J ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Roseburg Forest Products   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest vegetation management; Herbicide; Intensive silviculture; Plant water stress; Reforestation; Soil water availability

Indexed keywords

HERBICIDES; PRODUCTIVITY; REFORESTATION; VEGETATION;

FOREST VEGETATION MANAGEMENT; INTENSIVE SILVICULTURES; MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATES; PLANT WATER STRESS; SOIL VOLUMETRIC WATER CONTENTS; SOIL WATER AVAILABILITY; VEGETATION MANAGEMENT; XYLEM WATER POTENTIAL;

SOIL MOISTURE;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CONIFEROUS TREE; HERBICIDE; PLANT COMMUNITY; REFORESTATION; SILVICULTURE; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER; STAND STRUCTURE; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER STRESS;

HERBICIDES; MEDITERRANEAN; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; PLANTS; PRODUCTIVITY; REFORESTATION;

PACIFIC NORTHWEST;

ABIES; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 85048173315     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: 15735095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11056-018-9657-1     Document Type: Article

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